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February 6, 2014

When I saw this awesome adaptation I got speechless. You know already, I wouldn’t take you for a time wasting journey. So make sure you have something to
drink in your mug, get more comfortable on your seat, give me your hand and let’s
go and let’s spend few minutes with Ricardo Bofill the modern Spanish architect.

What you need to know about the project -
this is the renovation of 19th century cement factory in Barcelona (Spain),
from demolished factory into lush personal residence, working and exhibition space.

What’s most interesting to us, garden
freaks, is the fab idea how to combine greenery with fantastic various
architectural languages (Catalan civic gothic style, surrealist elements
and early European post modernism), because
even more stunning than the inside is the immense and beautiful gardens
surround the entire area.

Just have
a look how green roofs, terraces and trailing plants are complementing the
amazing space created by mysterious mind of Ricardo Bofill. This is always
mysterious how somebody can see the potential in falling apart, demolished
concrete, right?

The renovation began in 1973, the total
floor area is over 3,100 square meters, the original industrial complex
included over 30 silos, huge machine rooms and underground structures.

Just have a look by yourself, but keep my
hand, cos we are not done yet, okay?

Ricardo Bofill said: “To be an architect
means to understand space, to understand space organized by man, to decipher
the spontaneous movements and behavior of people, and to detect the needs of
change that they might unconsciously express. It is essential to track down
these issues if we want to contribute with our personal work to the history of
architecture.”